Safety device for automobiles.



SAFETY DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED'INovLIl. 1915.-

1,200,655 Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

f 'Ve l S14/vent@- JOHN SGHg-:IDEMHNTEL "the following isa specification, I being had to the accompanying drawings.

JOHN lS(HIELIDEMANTEL, 0F EILWGQD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA. l

SAEETY DEVICE FO AUTOMOBILES.

Lacasse.

To all whomlit may concern Be it known that I, JOHN SGHEIDEMANTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellwood City, in the county vof Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Safety Devices for Automobiles, of which reference My invention relates to automobile attachments and particularly to means for' minimizing the danger to the occupants of an automobile when the latter turns over. Accidents constantly occur wherein an automobile running at a .high speed 'turns over, pinning the occupants of the car beneath it and severelyinjuring or killing them* and .A

diiicult to extractA rendering it extremely the occupants of the car overturned automobile, thusy rendering it diiiicult to give 'assistance and also renderfrom `beneath the ing them liable to being burned.

The general object of my present inven tion is the provision of an attachment' for strong rigid bows disposed 4 and rear ends of' the automobile so'that' automobiles, which, if the automobile turns over bile ,at a distance from the ground so that the occupants will havea chance to escape from beneath the overturned body and so that the overturned body cannot rest upon'.

when the automobile overturns it will rock upon these bows and be supported clear of the ground.- A v The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with my safety devices; Fig.. 2 is an end view of an automobile turned over into a ditch and showing the manner in which the safety devices support it in contact with the occupants thereof.

Referrin -to these figures, A designates an automo ile'of any usual or ordinary con-v Specication of Letters Patent.

will support the body of the automol 'shield D may Patented @et l0, i916.

Application led November 17, 1915. Serial No. 62,017.

struction. Ill/Iounted atl the rear ofthe car, preferably so as to be disposed inward of thebows of the top B, is a transversely ex tending approximately bow-shaped member 2 which may, be formed of steel or iron pipe or other like material which arches transversely The extremities of this. bow are rigidly attached to the frame of the automobile in any suitable manner and the bow is braced by downwardly extending' braces 3 which 4at their `lowerends are also -rigidly connected to the body carried down and bear against the longituac'ross the rearend of the machine.,

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ofv the car and which may be A dinal' beams orvsills upon which the car.

body is supported. I do not wish to limit myself to any manner of attaching these braces to the car, nor to any s ecic arrangement of the braces with-'relation to .any particularl portion of the car." p ward end of the automobile, preferably just `in advance ofthe fore doors is'the forward .At the for# bow-'4' which'also arches over the car transversely and which is madev ofthe same material as the rear bow and which is rigidly connected tothe body ofthe car in any sultable `manner. Braces 5 extend downward from the bow 4 and these braces mayengage the front axle if necessary, passing down behind the mud guards C to that end. I do not wish inthis case, however, limited `to'vany exact positioning ofnthese braces 5.l It 'sullices ifv the bows 2 and 4c are rigidly attached to the car so that they will-withstand the strain and are braced in such manner as not to under shock. The preferably large enough so that the wind be disposed-within the bow but-this bow might also be used as part of the frame of the wind shield, if desired.

that of thebows supporting the top so that the top will turn i ward over the bows 2, as illustrated in dotte lines in Fig. 1.

vThe practical use of my invention will be obvious. If the car should turn turtle when running at high speed, the bows will engage wit' the ground and the car will be prevented if for any reason the car should completely overturn thebows will support the body ofv the car above the ground sothat there will be ample space for the occupants of the car toescapefrom beneath the automobile. Inasmuch as the braces@ and 5 extend forward readily give or yield arch-shaped bow 4 isv l rom overturning completely, or

vto be `The bow-2 has 'preferably a height less than ection of the bows 2 and 4 upon the overthey will tend to prevent any'rearward deturning of the car. The construction `is simple, may be easily applied to all makes of cars, and will insure the relative safety of the occupants in overturning. s ,.Having'described the-invention', what I claim is: l y

The combination with an automobile havnga top and a wind shield, of a rear approximately bow-shaped supporting .mein`4 ber formed of rigid material arching over the rear end of the car and attached thereto and-being less in height and width than the Copies ot this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the bows of the top, and a forward transversely 15 extending approximately bow-shaped member rigidly attached to the car and disposed forward 'of the fore doors and defining a wind shield space, and `braces extending downward and forward from said bow- 20 shaped member and connected to the body of the car.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SCHEIDEMANTEL. VVitneSses:

Jos. W. HUMPHREY, REBECCA MCGONAHY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C 

